Council reopens hearing, then adopts Brownfield plan for Western Meadows reimbursement

The Coldwater City Council on Monday adopted Resolution 25-54 to approve a brownfield plan and a related agreement enabling the city to recoup infrastructure costs for the Western Meadows subdivision through future tax capture on specified properties.

City attorney Keith explained the council had previously held a public hearing on the Brownfield plan but needed to re-notify taxing jurisdictions and republish the hearing because the original newspaper notice omitted some addresses. He said the re-notification corrected that omission and provided a second opportunity for public review.

Keith described the plan as a mechanism to reimburse the city for infrastructure costs incurred to construct streets and utilities in the Western Meadows subdivision. “This is for collecting taxes on those properties that were just identified over time, to then pay ourselves back for the infrastructure costs that we’ve incurred for the development of that subdivision,” he said.

The council opened the public hearing, took no public comments, closed the hearing and then moved to adopt Resolution 25-54 and approve the associated plan agreement (agreement A-25-17 as referenced in the packet). A council member moved to adopt the resolution and approve the agreement; the motion carried.

The adopted plan authorizes tax capture on the listed addresses—6 Amberview, 43 Amberview, 46 Amberview, 136 South Clay, 405 North Shore, 13 Candlewood Court, 38 Shoshone Pass, and the property proposed for Western Meadows Site Condominiums—to reimburse the city for upfront infrastructure expenditures. The resolution and agreement set the legal framework for future reimbursement; the timing and actual captured amounts will depend on future taxable value growth and collections.

No public comments were registered at the hearing. Councilors recorded no amendments on the floor when adopting the plan.